Daniel Aldana Cohen, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the
University of Pennsylvania, where he directs the Socio-Spatial Climate
Collaborative, or (SC)2. He is also a Senior Fellow at Data for
Progress. He works on the politics of climate change, investigating the
intersections of climate change, housing, political economy, social
movements, and inequalities of race and social class in the United
States and Brazil.

As an Innovation Consultant for Independence Blue Cross (IBX), Kontor uses the Design Thinking process to problem solve for both IBX customers and departments internal to the company. Design Thinking can be applied to any specialty or field to build solutions that stem from a creative, yet disciplined approach to problem-solving. They offer consulting services, educational workshops, design challenges, innovation programming, digital content, and more to IBX employees and our area’s customers.